Künstliche Intelligenz: Alibaba legt mit neuem KI-Modell nach
China legt im KI-Wettlauf mit den USA weiter nach. Nur wenige Wochen nach „Kimi K3“ stellt Alibaba nun offiziell ein neues Modell vor, das mit führenden US-Systemen mithalten soll.
Chinas tech giant Alibaba has unveiled a new powerful artificial intelligence model named "Qwen3.8-Max", aiming to compete with leading US providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic in the race for AI supremacy. Alibaba claims "Qwen3.8-Max" to be its largest and most capable AI model to date, capable of programming, conducting extensive research, and completing complex tasks largely autonomously.
The model boasts an impressive 2.4 trillion parameters, a key indicator of its size and complexity. Though its parameter count surpasses that of China's recently introduced "Kimi K3" with 2.8 trillion parameters, Alibaba's model still outperformed the Chinese rival in several tests. Alibaba's "Qwen3.8-Max" excelled in text-based tasks on the comparison platform Arena.AI, though it trailed behind US providers in image evaluation.
The model is already being utilized, with Alibaba planning to release the model weights in the coming week. This rapid succession of new models highlights the intense competition within China's AI sector and growing pressure on leading US providers, as Chinese systems increasingly rival American top models in specific tasks. Many providers are also releasing their model weights, enabling developers to fine-tune the systems for their own applications.
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